[af_vet_rr]

I once dated a guy who was a school teacher. He slowly became very disillusioned with it. Through him I found out all about what it means to be a teacher esp. in NYC where gangs rule the schools.

My daughter became disillusioned rather quickly. On her second day of classroom observation, she saw a parent scream at a teacher about how her third grader was an A+ student and that the teacher was an idiot for giving her an A- on a math test. This was in front of several kids. You'd think that A- was keeping the kid from going to college or something.

I could not put up with parents like that, and apparently that is pretty common. Lot of parents think that the rules and things like tests don't apply to their kids. And don't get me started about religious holidays.

[SkyDancer]

There were times when we were out on a date and he couldn’t stop from being so frustrated - over the kids, the parents the administrators, the union. It totally crushed him because he believed in what he was doing. Dedication. You don’t go into that field without some sort of dedication.

[wintertime]

I could not put up with parents like that, ....

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Do you know that it is becoming more common among professionals to eliminate the small percentage of obnoxious clients and patients in their practice? Their money isn't worth the hassle. These bullies are politely asked to find another professional. One expression that I used in my office was, “We are not a good fit”.

I bet many private schools do that, too.

Parents do this in our nation's socialist schools because they can get away with it.